by | Oct 3, 2023 | Cardiac Care, Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
According to the CDC, about 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year. About 1 in 4 of those people already had a heart attack. Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised program designed to improve an individual’s cardiovascular...
by | Oct 3, 2023 | Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Covid-19, Diabetes Care, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Opioids, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Quality Care Coalition
The mission of FirstLink is to assist individuals in identifying, accessing and making effective use of community and volunteer resources. Through this program, individuals can access free resources, support as well as crisis intervention services throughout North...
by | Sep 26, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Public Observances, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Health Literacy Month: A time when we can work together to integrate and expand the mission of health literacy – to build a world where our collective efforts will lead to health equity, where all people can attain optimal health outcomes. Health literacy is defined...
by | Sep 22, 2023 | Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Immunizations, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition
Pneumonia is a common illness that can be serious or even life-threatening. Not all cases of pneumonia can be prevented, but through education for those we care for and assisting them to take certain measures, we can certainly reduce the prevalence and severity. The...
by | Sep 22, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Behavioral Health Outcomes, Care Coordination, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Home Health, Hospitals, Medication Safety, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Q Tip Podcast, Quality Care Coalition, Quality of Care Transitions
According to the US Census Bureau, the US population, aged 65+, is expected to double over the next 30 years. This can impact our health systems as they struggle to provide evidence-based care practices to every older adult at every care interaction. Age Friendly...
by | Sep 21, 2023 | Antibiotic Stewardship, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Medication Safety, Opioids, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
A new award of $300,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration will result in a one-year program titled START-SD: Overdose Response (START-SD-OR), which will increase access to naloxone and fentanyl test strips, provide education and training on...
by | Sep 11, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
The Think Cultural Health website features information, continuing education opportunities and resources for health and health care professionals to learn about culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS). Explore Think Cultural Health’s free,...
by | Sep 9, 2023 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety
Is your organization meeting the National CLAS Standard 15? Standard 15 | Communicate the organization’s progress in implementing and sustaining CLAS to all stakeholders, constituents and the general public Purpose | Standard 15 helps to convey information to...
by | Sep 7, 2023 | Care Coordination, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Quality Care Coalition
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) released a new Z code infographic: Improving the Collection of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data with ICD-10-CM Z Codes. This resource aims to assist providers with...
by | Sep 5, 2023 | Care Coordination, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Health Equity, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Is your organization meeting the National CLAS Standard 14? Standard 14 | Create conflict and grievance resolution processes that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to identify, prevent, and resolve conflicts or complaints. Purpose |...
